Visual Artist and Artivist

Musical Theatre Artists, Actors, and Musicians

Jazz Trumpet Artist

Broadway script writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and author (Jersey Boys)

Contemporary American artist

Composer and Pianist

Professional artist of tintype photographs and handmade paper books

Award-winning Broadway composer, lyricist, director (Bridges of Madison County)

Founder and conductor of the San Francisco Philharmonic

Broadway singer, actor, and dancer (The Lion King)

Award-winning Broadway choreographer, dancer, director, and producer (Newsies)

New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of The Dot and many other children’s books

Acclaimed educator and conductor of the St. Olaf Choir

Award-winning scenic and costume designer for Broadway, film, television, ballet, and opera (Chicago)

Award-winning Broadway actor and singer (Cinderella)

Artist, actor, and athlete known for his innovative portraits and emotionally charged artwork 

Cartoon and humor editor for The New Yorker and Esquire magazines

Grammy and Tony nominated American stage and screen actor (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder)

Grammy Award winning American soprano and opera star

One of America’s most prolific and celebrated playwrights (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike)

Award-winning American composer, lyricist, performer, producer, and writer (The Addams Family)

Internationally recognized photorealism artist, painter and sculptor

Legendary Tonight Show bandleader and trumpeter

Tony Award winning Broadway actor (Cher)

Film, television, and Broadway star (The Light in the Piazza; Filthy Rich)

Broadway director, producer, lyricist, book, and screenplay writer (Miss Saigon)

Tennessee artist and mixed-media sculptor

Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano

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Three-time Tony nominated Broadway actor, singer, and recording artist (Secret Garden)

Tony Award winning composer and lyricist (Mystery of Edwin Drood)

Chief curator of the photography of Vivian Maier (1926–2009)

Acclaimed music education speaker, author, and writer

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Award-winning Broadway actors (Next to Normal)

Hollywood writer and producer (Desperate Housewives, The Golden Girls)

Award-winning Memphis photographer

Utah State University Dean and Professor of Music

Part of the famous Sherman Brothers composing team who wrote countless tunes for Disney movies including Mary Poppins

Hollywood filmmaker (My Dog Skip, The Water Horse)

Illinois landscape artist and Heartland School founder whose paintings have hung in the White House

Commander and conductor of the United States Air Force Band and University of Texas Music Department Chair

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Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Pulitzer Prize, and Tony Award winning American composer (A Chorus Line)

Broadway, film, and television actor (Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods)

Nationally renowned, award-winning photojournalist and television correspondent for Good Morning America

Nationally recognized choral conductor and educator

Memphis-based artist and teacher known for his sculptures and installations

Tony and Emmy Award winning actress (Doubt, 24)

Grammy Award winning Nashville Symphony Music Director

Internationally acclaimed composer, performer, and leader of his own band, Triple Play

Famed children’s choir director and founding member of the Choristers Guild

Unique Middle Tennessee studio furniture and sculptor artist

Award-winning Hollywood film composer, arranger and songwriter (Austin Powers)

Music director of the Kansas City Symphony and the Iris Orchestra in Germantown, Tennessee

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Writer and Tennessee’s poet laureate

Educator and author who studied the implications of brain science research for education and learning

Grammy Award winning and Tony/Oscar nominated Broadway musical composer (Dreamgirls)

World renowned Nashville ceramic artist and sculptor, most famous for her trompe-l'oeil style